Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Wilder Girls by Rory Power

140 reviews

jayadevi's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Pandemic/Epidemic, Violence, Confinement, Child death, Gun violence, Self harm, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Animal death

elenail's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

It has been years since I have been able to read fiction for fun, let alone in about a week. I tore through this book, happy to see queer character representation, as well as an intriguing and somewhat reality grounded plot. Emotionally difficult to read at times I had to take pauses. What a read to find that was written  a year pre pandemic about disease. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic, Suicide, Death of parent, Death, Violence, Gore, and Medical content

vespera's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, and Vomit

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Violence, Pandemic/Epidemic, Death, Gore, Child death, Vomit, Animal death, Chronic illness, Body horror, Blood, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

sareidle's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Death, Pandemic/Epidemic, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Terminal illness, Murder, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Grief, Dysphoria, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Suicide, Animal death, Self harm, and Physical abuse

sophie_hans's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Pandemic/Epidemic, Death, Animal death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Medical content, Confinement, Gore, Blood, Child death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, and Body horror

strawberrytheauthor's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

If you heard this book was sapphic and are picking it up solely because of that don’t. You need more information. That’s what I did and I was shocked and not in a pleasant way. 

The love story is not the main focus of the book seeing as it is not a romance and it is really barely there at all. Frankly, these girls have other, bigger things to worry about. 

This is a horror story with a lot of body horror and murder so just be prepared. An infection has spread through the girls on an island and changes their bodies in terrible ways. It is a little Lord of the Flies esque in the way that have to fight for food and survival, but their bonds with each other are stronger. 

I personally thought the ending was very satisfying and ended exactly how it needed too. However it is an ending that leaves interpretation to the reader so if you don’t like that don’t read this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Grief, Abandonment, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Cursing, Vomit, Violence, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Murder, Medical content, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Suicide

Minor: Self harm and Cannibalism

ohsunnyaa's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Blood, Body horror, Death, Violence, Child death, Suicide, Gore, and Death of parent

Moderate: Animal death

dennyiii's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Murder, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Death of parent, Abandonment, Blood, Confinement, Bullying, Child death, Chronic illness, Medical content, Mental illness, Body horror, Gore, and Violence

shadowspinner's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Animal death, Medical trauma, and Gun violence

Minor: Death of parent and Child death

applejuiceinabox's review

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Child death, Body horror, Gore, Death of parent, Terminal illness, and Pandemic/Epidemic